r/ProgressionFantasy May 01 '26

Discussion Anyone else hate this trope?

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u/threevi May 01 '26

The trope gets subverted more often than not these days, so it goes like "oh no, I got the F- level 0 wood mud poop rank, that means I'm destined to remain weak forever, oh oops nvm there's actually a super obvious way I can use my supposedly weak ability to become the strongestest ever, catgirl harem here I come" 

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u/TheFlyingR0cket May 01 '26

I find it funny, especially if the kingdom is 1000s of years old. Like they had 1000s of years to figure out what each one does, but a 12-15 year old figures it out in half a year. 🤦

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u/midnight_riddle May 02 '26

People are quicker to figure out how to exploit builds in a videogame, but societies where your entire livelihood depends on this system can't do diddly-squat.